Wii Hacking Guru Teases PS3 Linux Bootloader, Return of OtherOS On 3.21+?

by Mike Bendel on September 22, 2010 @ 4:15 pm


Team Twiizers member Marcan – one of the brains behind the infamous Twilight Hack for Wii – has hinted that he is working on a custom PS3 Linux bootloader.

“I suck at names. Help me name a usb-exploit PS3 Linux bootloader? All I came up with so far is lv2ate (“levitate”) and AnotherOS,” tweeted Marcan.

As you may well be aware, recent developments in the PS3 scene have given homebrew developers access to LV2 address space, meaning a third-party implementation of “OtherOS” is technically fesible on all exploitable firmware releases including 3.21 and beyond, even though Sony “removed” such functionality.

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Comments
Hellcat says:

Wait.... didn't we have this already? Some iDevice "guru" bringing back OtherOS / Linux onto the PS3?

History repeating itself, yes?

And why 3.21? We're at 3.50 already! Welcome to last month.... nah, this will fail.... badly....
September 22, 2010, 11:24 pm
x3sphere says:

Well I'd assume it can be applied to any exploitable firmware, so that means 3.21-3.41. Good for people that updated but want Linux. That's just my guess though, hence the question mark. All we know from this is that he's working on a bootloader.

September 22, 2010, 11:32 pm
MenaceInc says:

I like the name AnotherOS. I'll remain sceptical though until I see something concrete

September 22, 2010, 11:39 pm
Cloudy says:

Whilst I understand where you are coming from, there's a few more things to consider since last time.

1. He hasn't actually announced anything yet, he's just saying that he's thinking of a name. He also hasn't made bold claims of a "custom firmware".

2. We didn't have an exploit to run unsigned code last time. This is also technically possible - you could run an OS at GameOS level. It will actually be more powerful than OtherOS was as GameOS has more privileges - GPU support when coded for example.

3. Yes, we're on 3.50. However, he hasn't announced what firmware version it will work on. My guess is 3.41 - that's the highest firmware vulnerable to the USB exploit.
September 23, 2010, 7:09 am
Hellcat says:

Hmm.... that's quite good points you got there, Cloudy.... esp. like "1)" :)

OKOK, let me lean back and be proven wrong - actually I'd like that, being an OtherOS fan myself ;)
September 23, 2010, 8:11 am
Zero says:

If he can get OtherOS with RSX access, this will certainly open up the PS3's capabilities.

September 23, 2010, 9:19 am
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